miliary tuberculosis
MONDO:0005848Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names miliary tuberculosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
I would say the hematogenous widespread dissemination of tuberculosis in the body. The term derives from the chest X-ray image of the tiny (1-5 mm) tuberculosis lesions which are seen through out the lung parenchyma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005848), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: miliary tuberculosis
- Also called
- acute miliary tuberculosisdisseminated tuberculosisgeneralised tuberculosisgeneralized tuberculosis